Improvement in baling-presses



W. S. COATES.

N-F'ETERS. FHOTG-LITHOGRAFNER. WASHINGTO D C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM s. coATEs, oE oHAELEsTdN, soUTE CAROLINA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALlNG-PRESSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 188,591, dated March 20, 1877; application tiled January 23, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. GoATEs, of the city of Charleston, in the" county of Charleston and Stute of South Carolina, haveinvented a new and usel'ul Improvement in Bale- Presses, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompany ing drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. Zisasection in plan, taken on the line w w; and Fig. 3, some of the parts in detail.

The object ot' my invention is to t'ake up on the press the slack ot' iron or other metallic bands used on bales ol' any kind when being compressed, thereby preventing the expansion ofthe latter upon the removal of the compressing power.

In the accompanying drawings, U represents the upper platen, and L the lower platen. a a a are movable iron keys, one of which is inserted between each dross-bar or hatten onthe edges of the two platens. They are kept in position bythe boltsA J, which run through each end lof each key and through the iron bars B.m There are four ot' the iron bars B, eaich of which is of the same length as the platens. All four of the bars B have openings to correspond with those on each, platen, with the exception .of being only halt' their depth. g G C are iron rods attached to each of thebars B. D is an iron hinge slid ing on therodC, and is shifted to any opening in the bai?" B, above or below which the bands may be passed through. The bars B are connected by 'a rockLshaft, E, one of which is on each platen. By moving th'e levers G G! to the left the keys al a, under and above the hinges D are l'orced upward and downward on each side oi' the bale.

On a bale of cotton there are usually six bands. As the position of these bands varies considerably, I use the slide-rod U, in order that the hinged block D may be moved in any desired position. are in place between the keys a and bars B, the keys are held solid and iiush with the battens on the upper and lower platens. The edges of the keys a a are to be straight the whole breadth ot' the pla-tens, and their ends should not project beyond the iron bars B. This insures a dat bale, instead of those now turned out of the presses, all four inches thicker in the middle than they are at the edges.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The hinged blocks D, made to slide upon the rods (J, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

2v. The combination, in a bale-press, of the sliding keys a a, inserted between each cross bar or hatten oi the platens, the irons bars B, the rods U, and the hinges D, the whole being constructed and arranged substantially as described, and for the purposes specified.

WILLIAM S. GOATES.

Witnesses:

A. H. MAzYcK, JAS. D. MEYER..

When these hinged blocks 

